If you want to end your summer with some hardcore hardcore that will probably tear your safety pin earrings out, this is the tour for you. No Warning, Backtrack, and Twitching Tongues will be headlining, with Backtrack promoting their upcoming album on Bridge Nine Records.
Tickets for the month-long hardcore Life & Death Tour go on sale tomorrow at 10 am PST/1 pm EST. You’ll be able to find links on the tour’s Facebook page.
Check out the full lineup and tour dates below!
New York hardcore band Backtrack have announced they will be releasing a new album this fall. It was recorded at The Wild Arctic in Portsmouth, NH, with Terror drummer Nick Jett handling production duties.
Backtrack last released Lost in Life in 2014 through Bridge Nine Records. We’ll keep you posted as more details on the band’s new album are revealed.
Crime In Stereo have announced they will be playing three shows celebrating the 10th anniversary of their third album Is Dead. Check out the dates below to see if there’s one near you.
The band’s latest album I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone came out in 2010. They began recording new music in 2014 but nothing has come of that yet.
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Bridge Nine Records has announced the signing of midwest hardcore band Spine. They will will be releasing new music with the label in the coming year. Spine members of Weekend Nachos, Sorry Excuse, Blindside USA and Keef Mountain.
Ahead of any B9 releases, the band’s current back catalogue is up on Bandcamp.
Pensacola hardcore act Malice At The Palace are streaming their song “My Target” on YouTube.
The song is off their upcoming split with Jesus Piece on Bridge Nine Records, due out on May 19th.
Check out the song below, but be warned: while listening, I had an urge to throw chairs at random passersby. Though now I think about it, that may just be a personal problem; ABBA does the same thing to me.
War on Women have released a new video, for “Second Wave Goodbye”. The track is from their self-titled, Bridge 9 Records album, which came out back in 2015.
You can watch the video below.
Baltimore’s reformed hardcore exports Ruiner have announced a bunch of California shows in May. The band, which formed in the early 00s, disbanded in 2010. Vocalist Rob Sullivan commented on the band’s reunion: “We are just really excited that anyone gives a shit we are back doing this damn thing.” Tour support on all dates is Florida’s Strange Ways.
MAY:
18th: The Colony in Sacramento, CA
19th: Chain Reaction in Anaheim, CA
20th: Che Cafe in LA Jolla, CA
21st: Gilman in Berkeley, CA
As if the likes of Strike Anywhere, Belvedere, and Paint It Black weren’t enough, the team behind Manchester Punk Festival have announced yet more bands for their 2017 edition. Joining the already gigantic lineup are Inner Terrestrials, After the Fall, The Afternoon Gentlemen, Muncie Girls, and many, many others (listed below).
There are still some tickets left for the three day event happening in April. If you want to grab one, or you’re planning on attending the festival this year, get over to their official website, for the latest festival news, ticket information, a bit about the bands, and of course the full lineup.
Midwestern hardcore band Expire have released a documentary covering the behind-the-scenes of the group as they fast approach the end of the band. You can watch the documentary in full below.
“With Love” was shot by film producers Nine One Films, and documents the band on one of their final tours. The documentary is summarized as: With their final tour looming, hardcore band Expire revisits their roots and embarks on a midwest only house show run playing 12 shows in 11 days. WITH LOVE documents the band’s tour from inside the van, showing and in-depth look at the inner workings of a band coming to a close as they play their most intimate run of shows to date.
Expire has also announced their final run of shows, and their final live show together as a band, the posters for both of which can be found below the video.
Reformed North Carolina hardcore exports Advent are streaming their new EP, “Pain & Suffering”, ahead of its Bridge Nine Records release on January 27th. Pre-orders are up in the label webstore.
Stream the 4 track offering below.
Recently reunited hardcore act Advent are getting ready to release Pain And Suffering, their first new material since 2009. To give you a taste of the new music, the band is streaming the new song “Shadow Of Death” which you can check out below.
Pain And Suffering is set to be released on January 27th, 2017 via Bridge Nine Records.
Recently reunited hardcore act Advent are getting ready to release their first album since 2009. And to give you a taste of the new music, the band is streaming the new song “Weight of The World.”
You can give it a listen below.
The new album, Pain And Suffering, is set to be released on January 27th, 2017 via Bridge Nine Records.
Virginia punk veterans Strike Anywhere have announced they will be touring Europe in 2017. All dates will feature support from Petrol Girls, while Bear Trade will only be playing the UK shows.
Check out the tour dates below to see if they’re stopping in a town near you.
Strike Anywhere’s latest studio album Iron Front was released in 2009 on Bridge Nine Records. They also put out an acoustic album In Defiance Of Empty Times in 2012.
The lineup for next year’s Manchester Punk Festival is going from strength to strength with latest addition Strike Anywhere. The Virginia five-piece will round off the Friday evening’s show in style, joining the likes of Paint It Black and Belvedere for a truly spectacular weekend of live music in the city of Manchester, UK. However, Strike Anywhere are not the only festival announcement this week. I have it on good authority that there will be another wave of bands added to the MPF lineup this coming weekend.
The festival will take place from April 20th- 22nd, 2017. Make sure to keep up to date with all the latest Manchester Punk Festival news by following their Facebook page or website.
Strike Anywhere’s vibrant and prescient style of political hardcore has been around for nearly two decades now. Their last release was in 2009 but the songs still ring as true as ever; if not even more than when they were written. I was lucky enough to catch up with singer Thomas Barnett at the final show of their short run with A Global Threat and War On Women to talk about the politics of punk, how age and experience shape your view on the music that changed your life growing up and the current political climate. You can read the whole interview below.
Strike Anywhere’s last record was “Iron Front” in 2009.
If you've never heard of Debt Neglector, now's the time to check them out. They're a relatively new punk band hailing from my home state, sunny Florida. Most notably, their lineup features former New Mexican Disaster Squad bassist Alex Goldfarb. The band's debut album Atomicland releases August 18th through Smartpunk Records. I highly recommend giving the title track a listen here.
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